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One oldish piano CD that's long stood out for me in terms of "concert hall realism"

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In Reply to: RE: Actually, just thinking about it further, that might be a good topic for discussion posted by Chris from Lafayette on July 04, 2021 at 10:08:03

is the early digital (c. 1983) recording of "Pictures at an Exhibition" with Jacques Rouvier on Denon. In terms of sound quality alone, it's quite the opposite of most piano recordings in that it places you at some distance from the instrument, as if you were listening from, say, halfway back in a nice concert hall. It's really uncanny how it sounds like there's a real piano out there between your speakers (as opposed to the 10-foot-wide, up-close sound of most piano recordings). And yet it isn't overly reverberant or barn-like. Oh, and the performance ain't half bad, either!

Russell

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Very interesting - Rouvier was an excellent pianist himself. . . - Chris from Lafayette 12:16:49 07/06/21 (1)
. . . and IIRC also had a couple of students who did well. I had a couple of his Denon Debussy albums. And I love all the Denon recordings of Irina Mejoueva, but I don't recall the microphones sounding far away. Also, there's Wolf Lady Helene Grimaud's Rachmaninoff recital on Denon (made when she was 15) - her high-water mark as an artist! It's been all downhill from there for her ever since! ;-)

In general, I think Denon got a very good sound on their own piano recordings. (I think they also licensed some which weren't as good IMHO.)
- RE: Very interesting - Rouvier was an excellent pianist himself. . . - Russell 17:14:12 07/06/21 (0)
  Yep, Rouvier's Debussy recordings on Denon are worthy, too, but the sound quality, while good, doesn't have anywhere near the realism of the Mussorgsky.
  
  Russell

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